I'm reading some SEC boards and just having to laugh at their analysis on the PSU/Ole Miss game. Delusion is strong...it has to be a cult with these folks and how they truly believe it would not have mattered even if Tom Brady and Jim Brown were on the Lions side...the SEC is just an unstoppable force.
The only comparison I could imagine is take the 2005 Steeler/Colts playoff game. The Steelers players deciding not to play because of pending free agency include their best DL Casey Hampton and secondary guys Ike Taylor, Deshea Townsend and Troy Polamalu. Oh, and Defensive Coordinator Dick Lebeau is taking a job as HC in Detroit so he's out too. On offense, your best OL Alan Faneca decides he isn't playing either. The Colts only have one guy out...Dwight Freeney on DL. That's basically the cards Penn State was dealing with today.
The Steelers #1 defense is then shredded by Peyton Manning and every AFC South fan is dumbfounded that he throws for 400 yards and 3 touchdowns against the #1 D. Then....the icing on the cake, AFC South fans screaming how superior their teams are across the board.